‘Adèle Blanc-Sec’ Blu-ray: Watch an exclusive clip from the film

Aug. 14, 2013 | 12:17 p.m.

“The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec” arrives on Blu-ray and DVD this week, bringing Jacques Tardi’s intrepid heroine to American screens for the first time.

Luc Besson’s 2010 film, based on Tardi’s popular comic, stars French actress Louise Bourgoin as the film’s mystery-solving protagonist. Adèle, as her devoted fans know, is an erudite reporter who finds herself entangled in an early 20th century adventure, complete with the Moulin Rouge cabaret, a pterosaur and mummies. Hero Complex readers get an exclusive look at one such mummy in clip from the film. Watch the scene in the video above.

Besson (“La Femme Nikita,” “The Fifth Element”) penned the screenplay as well as directed the film, pulling content from several of Tardi’s fantastical “Adèle Blanc-Sec” graphic novels, including “Adèle and the Beast” and “Mummies on Parade.”

A scene from "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec." (Shout! Factory)

The film, out Tuesday from Shout! Factory, is available on DVD ($14.97) or as a combo pack ($24.97), which includes Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy. Both editions offer English and French audio tracks and English subtitles. Bonus features include deleted scenes and a making-of featurette. A director’s cut edition is forthcoming this fall.

Check out more scenes from the film in the gallery above, and watch the trailer here.